What is CVE-2016-5480?

CVE-2016-5480 is a low-severity vulnerability in Oracle Solaris. CVSS score: 2.8/10. Published 2016-10-25.

How severe is CVE-2016-5480?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Oracle Solaris

CVE-2016-5480

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Sun Solaris 10 allows local users to affect integrity via vectors related to Bash.

Published 2016-10-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 2.8 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (30.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 31st percentile — 30.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Oracle Solaris — versions 10

References

www.securitytracker.com/id/1037048 (vdb-entry)
www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/93717 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5480?: CVE-2016-5480 is a low-severity vulnerability in Oracle Solaris. CVSS score: 2.8/10. Published 2016-10-25.
How severe is CVE-2016-5480?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.8 out of 10.